A weekly comedy series about the Walker Family. Maddy Walker is a single
mother who is convinced there is a "Walker Women's Curse" after being
born to her mother, Loretta, at age 16, and having a child herself at
age 16.

Type: Scripted

Languages: English

Status: Running

Runtime: 30 minutes

Premier: 2016-02-05

Here We Go Again - Here We Go Again (Ray Charles song) - Netflix

“Here We Go Again” is a country music standard written by Don Lanier and
Red Steagall that first became notable as a rhythm and blues single by
Ray Charles from his 1967 album Ray Charles Invites You to Listen. It
was produced by Joe Adams for ABC Records/Tangerine Records. To date,
this version of the song has been the biggest commercial success,
spending twelve consecutive weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart,
peaking at number 15. The most notable cover version is a duet by
Charles and Norah Jones, which appeared on the 2004 album Genius Loves
Company. This version has been the biggest critical success. After
Genius Loves Company was released, “Here We Go Again” earned Grammy
Awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration at the 47th
Grammy Awards in February 2005, posthumously for Charles, who died
before the album's release. Another notable version by Nancy Sinatra
charted for five weeks in 1969. Johnny Duncan charted the song on
Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart for five weeks in 1972, while Roy
Clark did so for seven weeks in 1982. The song has been covered in a
wide variety of musical genres. In total, five different versions have
been listed on the music charts. Although its two most successful
versions have been rhythm and blues recordings, many of its other
notable covers were featured on country music albums. “Here We Go Again”
was first covered in an instrumental jazz format, and many of the more
recent covers have been sung as duets, such as one with Willie Nelson
and Norah Jones with Wynton Marsalis accompanying. The song was released
on their 2011 tribute album Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of
Ray Charles. The song lent its name to Red Steagall's 2007 album as
well. Cover versions have appeared on compilation albums by a number of
artists, even some who did not release “Here We Go Again” as a single.

Here We Go Again - Composition - Netflix

Steagall endured polio as a teen and learned how to play the guitar and
mandolin during his recuperation. This activity helped him regain the
use of his left arm and hand. When he enrolled at West Texas State
University, he formed his first country band. Don Lanier formed a group
by the name of The Rhythm Orchids along with Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen.
He was hired as a soil chemist but played weekends at country dances.
After he quit his professional role, he formed a band that became
popular in the Rocky Mountain ski-resort clubs. He moved to Los Angeles
in 1965 and embarked on folk club performing and songwriting. He wrote
for two music publishers, Tree and Combine, before signing with Capitol
Records. Eventually, Steagall joined Lanier and Bowen. Steagall and
Lanier co-wrote “Here We Go Again”. Steagall's first break came when
Charles covered “Here We Go Again”. Steagall says that the song “came
about in a very unusual manner and very quickly”. One source even claims
that Steagall did not come to Hollywood until after Charles recorded the
song. According to the sheet music published by Dirk Music, “Here We Go
Again” is set in 12/8 time with a slow shuffle tempo of sixty-nine beats
per minute. The song is written in the key of B♭ major. It is primarily
a country song, but contains gospel influences. According to Matthew
Greenwald of Allmusic, “'Here We Go Again' is a soulful ballad in the
Southern blues tradition. Lyrically, it has a resignation and pain that
makes the blues, simply, what it is. The recording has a simple and
sterling gospel arrangement and, in retrospect, is one of Charles' finer
attempts in the studio from the 1960s.”